Lee Valley Regional Park
Name of site | The WaterWorks Nature Reserve |
Class | Orion |
SQM Reading | NA |
Website for the site | http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/waterworks/ |
Description of site | Dark Sky Discovery events at the Nature Reserve. Open access to relatively dark skies is available 24/7 at the adjacent Golf Centre and Hackney Marsh. |
Nominating organisation | University of Hertfordshire http://www.herts.ac.uk |
Directions | TQ 36379 8718 (main entrance) Just off Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, London E10 7NU |
Safety notes | Everything is signposted and designed with public access in mind. Extensive risk assessment for the site can provided on request. |
Access | Golf course and Hackney Marsh have public right of way and are always open. Nature reserve has opening/closing times that are publically posted. |
Wheelchair users | The site is fully accessible for disabled users and pushchairs. There's also hard of hearing systems in place and interpretation for the visually impaired. |
Events | Lee Valley programme of events programme from March 2012 http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/events/ |
Notes | Public transport links. Bus - 48, 55, 56 stop on Lea Bridge Road. Train -Clapton Station, Hackney. Tube - Walthamstow Central on the Victoria Line |